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Sticky: Design changes to the forum.

Hello Everyone! There are some design changes to the forum especially in the topic section. I sincerely hope you like them. Now all the attached images are displayed to fit the forum width and ...

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last post on January 05, 2014 - by Marcow123

Contest for Animators! Submit your idea to win $5000

Submit your idea for the next WishStix App and win $5000!! WHAT’S A WISHSTIX? WishStix is a simple free app created by Pandoodle Corporation that allows you to use your iPhone or Android phone ...

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last post on November 11, 2022 - by StevenHassy

2022 Hum3D Car Render Challenge

Event's details and rules: https://hum3d.com/car-challenge-2022 Hi everyone! We are starting our 9th Car Render Challenge. The 9th annual Hum3D competition for the best Car render is the ...

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last post on October 28, 2022 - by Hum3D

Scan The World Partners With Artec 3dĀ

https://www.artec3d.com/news/scan-the-world-press-release This is always great to see that such companies provide their resources to help to make cultural heritage be accessible ...

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last post on April 25, 2022 - by GogFeeds

New CG Experience: from virtual to real

The word of Graphic is now at turning point, thanks to the increasingly technological achievements. From designers to architects to jewellery designers, Augmented Reality is really now within ...

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last post on April 13, 2022 - by StephenCBanks

Artec Studio 16 With Photogrammetry Within

For me it's a great upgrade, As no 3rd party software is needed anymore, to get a scan with good textures. As I understand it works with scanners theat doesn't capture colour themself. No need to ...

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last post on September 28, 2021 - by GogFeeds

Free Online Facial Animation Summit

This Wednesday September 22nd at 9 AM PDT / 17:00 BST thereā€™s a free Facial Animation Summit! Hear from gaming and AI industry experts discussing how the future of facial animation will ...

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last post on September 16, 2021 - by scottishcolin

Rocket 3F (new Polygonal Modeler)

Hay guys, there is new Polygonal Modeler Rocket 3F. Its free, and also have some paid version. Rocket 3F is Free Windows based Polygonal Modeller for Concept Artists and Designers. Modeling with ...

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last post on October 03, 2020 - by mir4ea

Blender 2.81 Released

So Blender 2.81 is released and it brings a lot of amazing new improvements. It's now possible to move object origins directly. Poly Build Improvements for performant retopology tasks. New ...

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last post on November 22, 2019 - by Andyba

Challenge For The Best Car Render

The 6-th annual challenge for the best car render starts! Take part in the 3D contest and try yourself! For this you need only to create 3D car+proper environment and+render. That's all! Read about ...

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last post on September 26, 2019 - by Kevinn

MATERIAL-Z Web Based PBR Material Editor

Hello guys, We're proud to present a new tool for artists and programmers. https://material-z.com Material-Z is a powerful new PBR Material Editor. Based on Disney's principled ...

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last post on April 12, 2018 - by poly2poly

Orion Renderer : A Free Physically Based Renderer

Hello ! I would like to share with you the Orion Renderer. It is a high performance physically based renderer with realtime preview. More information as well as downloads ...

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last post on March 23, 2018 - by OrionRenderer

Looking For Beta Testers-New 3D Content Publishing/Sharing

Hi Everybody, Weā€™re looking for beta testers for our new 3D publishing platform ā€3veoā€¯. 3veo is a new YouTube like service for instantly publishing models, animations, and even full Unity ...

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last post on February 12, 2018 - by jaydee

Free Seamless Textures From Material Jam

https://materialjam.com/css/images/w_b.png Dear artists and developers, We welcome you to join MaterialJam.com - our growing library of digital materials. The materials we offer are 100% ...

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last post on February 04, 2018 - by Liman

The Bottle Kit For MODO

Chris O'Rilaey has released a new kit for MODO with an impressive collection of Bottle assets. The Bottle Kit for MODO is a collection of 40 high-quality assets that are ready to be dropped ...

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last post on April 24, 2017 - by nlimanoff

The Jungle Book - VFX Breakdown

Behind the scenes for The Jungle Book :D ...

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last post on March 15, 2017 - by Andyba

Victor Frankenstein - VFX Breakdown

A nice VFX breakdown by Nvizible ...

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last post on March 15, 2017 - by Andyba

Math Educational Game With All 3d Done In Blender

Times Ninja Adventure is a new way to learn the Times Table. We tried to make it as fun as possible, especially for boys that do not have the patience to sit for long hours and memorize ...

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last post on April 08, 2014 - by Andyba

RaySupreme v1.5 now Released

The latest version of RaySupreme's 3D modeling software has been released - RaySupreme v1.5 What's New: Up to 10 times faster Rendering New Viewport and Area rendering modes Compositing ...

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last post on December 18, 2013 - by poly2poly

tdu : online school & 5 week lighting workshop announced

what is tdu? tdu is the brainchild of two lighting tds who decided to explore a new way of educating students on the non animation disciplines of animated features and visual effects. we felt ...

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last post on November 24, 2013 - by Lessy

Blender Has A New Website

Blender Foundation has updated their website which now looks more professional, is cleaner and easier to navigate. Also Blender Foundation now accepts Bitcoin for donation, which is pretty ...

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last post on November 24, 2013 - by Andyba

Blender 2.69 Released

The latest stable version of blender 2.69 was released. Bellow are the new features introduced in this release of ...

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last post on November 24, 2013 - by Andyba

FZD | Vehicle Concept Design Workshop June 2013

FZD School of Design is honored to welcome guest speakers Scott Robertson and Daniel Simon for our third live workshop series. With a wealth of experience in product, film, game and automotive ...

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last post on September 07, 2013 - by Andyba

VIEW Conference 2013 with John Knoll

The VIEW Conference, Italy’s largest computer graphics conference, has announced that Industrial Light & Magic’s new Chief Creative Officer John Knoll is slated to be the keynote speaker at this ...

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last post on August 21, 2013 - by viewfest

Create Your Own Seamless Textures With Ease

Are you new to texture creation or simply looking to create your own designs? Seamless Stamper allows the artist to create seamless designs and patterns on a wrap-around (borderless) canvas with ...

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last post on May 25, 2013 - by lkrause

1st Cubize 3D Contest

Hey guys, Cubize, a new 3D sharing and display website, is celebrating his "go-live" with the opportunity to win an Apple $50 gift card! The winner of the contest will be the 3D model ...

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last post on April 03, 2013 - by cubize

Free Digital & Rapid Prototyping Event in South Florida

WB Engineering, a 3D Printing and Digital Prototyping company is going to be having a prototyping event two locations South Florida. At this free, interactive event, you’ll see the difference and ...

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last post on April 02, 2013 - by lopo123

3D video Tutorial CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

3D video Tutorial CHRISTMAS SPECIAL all Previous customer get the special no purchase is needed. all New customer who purchased $20 or more will get the special. special ends at the End of ...

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last post on January 10, 2013 - by titanicpiano14

Please take a look

As you may, or may not know, Modus Ingenium ran a trial of our services in November, 2009, using our networks, in all represented visual disciplines. We were looking for feedback, and we received a ...

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last post on January 10, 2013 - by titanicpiano14

What do I need to start my own 3D company?

What kind of equipment, software and manpower would I need to start my own 3D conversion company? If anyone has any information and can give me some advice, it would be greatly appreciated and I am ...

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last post on January 10, 2013 - by titanicpiano14

Dynamic3dfusion coming soon

New revolutionary and innovative 3D package is coming it changes the way you think and releases you from all limitations it's based on new philosophy with approach and explaining the logic ...

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last post on October 13, 2012 - by dynamic3Dfusion

VIEWCONFERENCE 2012 - Italy - PRESS RELEASE

Turin, Italy (29 September) – VIEW conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez has announced that senior visual effects supervisor Dan Glass of Method Studios will give a world premiere presentation on ...

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last post on September 29, 2012 - by SIMO

VIEWCONFERENCE 2012 - Turin, Italy

Hi everybody! VIEWConference has come back! The premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming, VFX and Interactive Techniques, will take place ...

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last post on September 29, 2012 - by SIMO

Gunblitz PC Demo Available CG News and Events

[ Poll ] Gunblitz PC Demo Available

Here at Rapture Game Studios, LLC we love the classic shoot'em up retro spaceship style combat! We're a small Independent Game Studio trying to make our mark in the interactive industry with our soon ...

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last post on July 26, 2012 - by baalnazzar

Vi3Dim simple camera 3d scanner !

Vi3Dim allows anyone with a PC and simple camera, such as a web-cam, to capture real-world objects transforming them into 3D models with the textures already attached. Vi3Dim V2 Beta ( ...

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last post on June 21, 2012 - by Andyba

The Mixamo Auto-Rigger

"Mixamo would like to announce that The Auto-Rigger is now free for any mesh under 10,000 triangles." This amazing free option that can be beneficial to 3D Artists beginner and ...

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last post on June 08, 2012 - by mixamo

Autodesk Maya Masterclass!

26 Oct. 11:15 – 12:15 || 12:15 – 13:15 The special guest Patrice Paradis from Autodesk will come directly in Turin (Italy) during the VIEW Conference. Don’t lose the incredible opportunity to ...

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last post on May 29, 2012 - by 3dwalk02

Blender 2.63 released

This release was focused on integrating and stabilizing the long awaited BMesh modelling system, which has full support for N-sided polygons and many new modelling tools. New tools include Dissolve, ...

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last post on April 28, 2012 - by Andyba

Different way of making architectural renders?

Hi all. We wanted to show off some images and and vids of stuff we have done in a new tool called REALIS3D. Its all real time so the videos are just screen grabs not animations, nothing is ...

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last post on April 20, 2012 - by realvisual

TOSMI 2011 - A training course for Blender

Hi there, For the fifth year the TOSMI courses for 3D animation will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria this November. TOSMI stands for Training in Open Source Multimedia Instruments and is the only ...

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last post on April 19, 2012 - by cwaldo39

UltraRender - request for 3D models to test

Hello, some of you has probably already been in contact with UltraRender service, which allows to create visualizations and animations interactively on renderfarm based on GPU processors. We're ...

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last post on April 16, 2012 - by Perceptionist

Premium Models discounted

check out inlitestudio com for high quality models all on sale for $5 each plus loads of free ...

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last post on April 04, 2012 - by CG_ARTStudio

New Seamless Texture Generator review

Hi guys, search the web for this new cute program: DWs Slice Making seamless textures with this tool is fun and cool, just a child's play. ...

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last post on March 28, 2012 - by Andyba

New 3D Assets site just went live

Please go check it out ...

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last post on March 18, 2012 - by UVlas

Blender 2.62 released.

Blender 2.62 was released today. http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-262/ The goodies are: Many new UV editing tools, better Booleans, improved Motion Tracking, Remesh ...

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last post on February 21, 2012 - by daanish

Augmented Reality

Hey, before i start i was not sure where to post this, so i chose 'news and events'. I don't know if anybody here might be interested in augmented reality, as i wasn't aware how far this ...

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last post on February 15, 2012 - by AleksN-IT5

VIEW 2012 contests

Hi everybody, I'm here to share with you the 2012 contests of VIEW Conference: VIEW Social Contest Animated Short Competition with 3D animation and VFX that deal with social and current ...

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last post on February 08, 2012 - by viewfest

DAZ Studio 4 Pro, Bryce 7, Hexagon 2.5 for Free

These 3 products are now available for free. All you need is just to be registered ...

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last post on February 08, 2012 - by jgironmedia

Staffordshire Film Festival 2012

Staffordshire Performing Arts Film Festival is an exciting opportunity for film makers locally, across the country and around the world. We’re looking for unique and exciting films from the following ...

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last post on February 06, 2012 - by StaffordshireFilmFestival

PROFESSIONAL CGI ELEMENTS FOR NOTHING

Hello I hope this is the right place to post this, I'm trying to gain support for a movie project that I am under taking with the people in my town. To acquire this support I have made a ...

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last post on January 21, 2012 - by stollo770

My 3D Service - a New 3d Services Market Website

www.my3Dservice.com A totally new website that will connect freelance 3d artists with companies seeking their ...

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last post on January 21, 2012 - by stollo770

3ds Max 2012

3ds Max 2012 was announced! Here are the key Features and Benefits: Nitrous Accelerated Graphics Core - faster interaction in viewports and much ...

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last post on January 21, 2012 - by stollo770

CGAxis Autumn Sale 30% OFF For All Products

CGAxis Autumn Sale 30% OFF For All ...

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last post on January 21, 2012 - by stollo770

FZD Master Designer Workshop 2012

FZD School of Design and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) are pleased to announce the Master Designer Workshop 2012 event. On February 4th and 5th, world class designers Sang Jun ...

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last post on December 01, 2011 - by fzdschool

Gnomon Master Classes - December 2011

Second Master classes this year, after the one in February. Insightful lectures as always... go to gnomon school and choose Master ...

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last post on November 26, 2011 - by Chromefire

LightWave Eleven 11 presentation.

LightWave Eleven Features Video from VFX Minds 11-10-11 ...

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last post on November 25, 2011 - by Andyba

ShiVa, 3d engine for Win/Mac/Wii/iOS/Android/BlackBerry/...

Hi there, We just opened a new blog at Stonetrip for fresh news about ShiVa 3d, the most cross-plateform engine in the world :twisted:. 1st post is about the ShiVa publishing tool : UAT (Unified ...

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last post on November 16, 2011 - by Stonetrip

cmiVFX releases Softimage - Lights, Render, Passes training

Hello guys and gals! I've spent the last couple months creating a new Sfotimage rendering training together with those great guys from cmiVFX. Last time we've focused on shaders and materials, this ...

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last post on November 04, 2011 - by gustavoeb

New free texture library!

My personal collection of textures. I plan to update it regularly. Feel free to use! I appreciate your feedback. ...

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last post on September 23, 2011 - by Ghostblast

VIEW Conference & VIEWFest 2011- Italy

Hi! I’m Eleonora and I'm writing to you from VIEW Conference, the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming, VFX and Interactive Techniques, ...

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last post on September 07, 2011 - by viewfest

présentation un peu

bonjour tout le monde,je suis nouveau membres,vous pouvez m'apellez MAELLE,ah,je suis chinoise,et cette annee，j'ai 22ans，tres contente de venir ici pour comuniquer avec ...

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last post on August 31, 2011 - by ciel2011

Televisions are taking it to the next level !

Has anyone hear about the new Television that Toshiba is making? It's about the 3D television that needs no special glasses. It is set to be out this Christmas. It is said that it will work by ...

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last post on August 30, 2011 - by Tremori

Unlimited Detail Technology

I have stumbled on a video showing a new 3d content technology different from voxels and polygons. They call it Unlimited Details Technology and they say they don't even need a video card to this ...

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last post on August 09, 2011 - by Andyba

cmiVFX - Demystifying The Render Tree - Softimage Training

Hello guys and gals! I've spent the last couple months creating this Softimage training material together with those great guys from cmiVFX. I hope you find it useful and have as much fun with it as ...

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last post on July 25, 2011 - by gustavoeb

Design Competition: Help us show the power of COLLADA

The Khronos Group is thrilled to announce a 3D content development contest with a $500 cash prize for the winner. Our open COLLADA format is ideal for creating compelling experiences, but a great ...

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last post on July 20, 2011 - by henrikbennetsen

Maya 2012 New Features

I hope you guys have 40 minutes of free time cause the following videos are worth watching. :) Maya 2012 New Viewport 2.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJNF7CZ-VjI Maya 2012 Animation Part ...

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last post on June 10, 2011 - by Andyba

Pro Flight Simulator

Should you ever need to contact me regarding Pro Flight Simulator or flight Simulators in general, I would love to hear from you. :oops: ...

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last post on May 18, 2011 - by aproflight

Blender 2.57a Bug Fix Released

Well as it is sometimes the case it is not the same releasing a version to beta testers than to the whole public and the Blender community has helped identify many bugs with the new Blender and the ...

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last post on May 11, 2011 - by Andyba

New viewer

Hi, if somebody is interested can advise a new absolutly free Viewer ViewShape from Artec ...

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last post on April 22, 2011 - by 3Dfun

Furry Ball GPU Renderer for Maya

Just check it. Seems very powerfu. lt would be nice if it would support other applications ...

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last post on April 18, 2011 - by Andyba

Blender 2.57 released

Finally the stable release of Blender 2.5 Check it ...

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last post on April 16, 2011 - by Andyba

Houdini Webinars

Side Effects Software launched a series of online seminars where CG artists can discover the world of Houdini via their web browser. May 4, 2011  11AM PST/2PM EST Webinar: Houdini Digital ...

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last post on April 15, 2011 - by Andyba

3d website

Hi, I've decided to not do 3D and I've got a website for sale that I had built. It could be used for anything, but, I just pulled some images from the web so you could see what the website looks ...

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last post on April 05, 2011 - by jawerty

Blender 2.56 Beta Released

The first beta of Blender 2.5+ was released. Here is an excerpt from the Blender.org website: What to Expect Big improvements - This software has been used extensively in production of the ...

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last post on April 05, 2011 - by jawerty

New 3D software: Pixie3D

Hello all, I just want to let you know about my little spare time project, Pixie3D. It's a rendering/modelling software written from scratch. So far the software will appeal mostly to people who ...

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last post on April 05, 2011 - by jawerty

SICARM International Contest of 3D Digital Animation

FIRST PRIZE, worth 6,000€ (around 8,300$). Murcia, march, 2011. The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, through the Integra Foundation, announces the “VIII SICARM International Contest ...

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last post on March 10, 2011 - by Andyba

Gnomon Master Classes

Hi lads and ladets, just wanted to share this with you. I think this year will prove to be more insightful than prior ones. February 11th - 25th, 2011 Two weeks of exclusive online classes ...

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last post on February 09, 2011 - by rocneasta

Optimize 3D models: Atangeo Balancer now for Mac and Windows

Atangeo Balancer, a popular tool to optimize and simplify 3D models, is now available for both Mac OS X and Windows. Its exceptional performance and a novel user interface allow finding perfect ...

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last post on January 22, 2011 - by atangeo

Optimize your 3D models: Atangeo Balancer 1.0 released

Atangeo Team recently released Balancer 1.0, which allows quickly and easily simplify 3D models. It also features fast and effective triangle reordering to speed up rendering by optimal ...

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last post on December 07, 2010 - by baalnazzar

Acropora release candidate available

Acropora (1.0.0012 RC1) Release candidate is now available for download from Voxelogic. Acropora is a procedural voxel modeler for creating complex, organic mesh topologies that are useful for ...

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last post on November 23, 2010 - by baalnazzar

GREAT demo reel

hey guys i found this great Demo reel done in 2008 by some 3D Expert i may say,,, check the masterpiece of a one man show done almost 3 years ago!!!!!!!! CRAZY Go to Youtube and type in ...

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last post on November 07, 2010 - by cinematicfusion

3D competition by Nvidia

3DreamTeam, Nvidia and Microsoft are holding competition to motivate participants of the beta test. Contest is called “Look for 3D” and consists of three rounds. Winners of each round have to become ...

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last post on November 07, 2010 - by cinematicfusion

interesting event.. VIEW Conference and VIEWFest 2010

Some of you may be interested in this event. It's the most importnat international event on animation that takes place in Italy. This year's keynote speaker will be Tim Johnson. For more info you ...

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last post on October 29, 2010 - by Peschina

CGReels Site Launches

CG Reels has launched its new site. They have a cool option of uploading your high def reel onto their servers. This is nice because youtube just isnt that nice of a link to send to potential ...

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last post on October 09, 2010 - by Jekylls

Great News, Finally Shivaji Animation Project is on.

Great news for all the Indians. Specially Maharashtrians. 3D Animation Project on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Great Maratha King Shivaji Bhosale) is happening. I've recently found out this Shivaji ...

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last post on September 27, 2010 - by bandoo

CGI Contest - steinzeit-HDR.de

What it is all about? Regardless of whether you are a lone fighter or representing an agency we want your best. In the form of the most beautiful, creative, and impressive – in short: the most ...

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last post on September 21, 2010 - by oonibbleroo

New Free E-Book About Paper Model Design With Blender 3D

Hi I'm David Guzmįn - PixelOz and I have just finished writing a new completely free e-book about how to design paper models with computer software. It shows a lot of the software programs that can ...

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last post on September 13, 2010 - by Tiffny

Visual Effects, major factor on the movie SALT

If you haven't seen SALT in the cinemas, you should grab a copy now. It is an action packed movie with a lot of exciting stunts. What is behind that success is the Visual Effects. It made Angelina ...

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last post on September 02, 2010 - by bryan

RUNTIAN animation Company look for outsourcing project

Hi,everyone,I'm from Runcg Company. RUNTIAN animation company was built on September 5th,2007 in Wuhan.Our company which is devoted itself to cartoon culture propagation and cartoon career ...

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last post on August 05, 2010 - by runcg

CGAXIS Summer Sale 33%OFF

CGAXIS Summer Sale 33%OFF Collection Vol. 1 , Vol.2, Vol.3 Each only $50 USD check our ...

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last post on July 22, 2010 - by cgaxis

RenderTITAN Announces TitanREMOTE and Lower Prices!

RenderTITAN Announces TitanREMOTE and Lower Prices! New Remote Administration Software, 50% off Prices, and Trial Accounts Dallas, TX - July 14, 2010 - RenderTITAN is proud to announce the public ...

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last post on July 14, 2010 - by RTjunior

Adobe Photoshop CS5 to be released on April 12, 2010

Some groundbreaking new technology are expected by many from the 5th creative suite released by ...

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last post on April 22, 2010 - by Andyba

Autodesk Softimage 2011 released

I am bit late with CG news as always, but for some it is great news or not so great? :) Can anyone share his experience with Autodesk Softimage 2011, what great new features does it ...

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last post on April 21, 2010 - by Andyba

MachStudio Pro photo-realistic rendering

There have been several CG artsits asking if MachStudio Pro (which lets you work and adjust images in real-time) can produce the kind of photo-realistic images that architectural and product ...

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last post on April 15, 2010 - by PixelOz

Blender 2.5 releases

On February 19, 2010 Blender 2.5 alpha 1 was released. This version has hotkey customization option. Now professional 3d artists like me :) that are used to 3ds max and Maya can adapt blender to ...

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last post on April 14, 2010 - by PixelOz

Wacom Multi-Touch technology

These are kind of old news, but I was wondering why they didn't start selling these kind of monitors yet? Here is how it ...

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last post on April 02, 2010 - by Andyba

Rocketbox Libraries 20% February Promotion

Rocketbox Studios GmbH, the company specialized in the creation of 3d characters and animations, has announced that all their products will be available for licensing with a price discount of 20% ...

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last post on February 18, 2010 - by rocketbox

How to create fulldome image?

Are you interesting in fulldome image or fulldome digital movie? Wanting to make a full 360 degree image/movie with high quality? Pony Fulldome is a professional tool for you.And here is a brief ...

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last post on February 09, 2010 - by mokdeeo

Acropora voxel modeler alpha available for download

Acropora, a voxel modeling software developed by Voxelogic, is now in its alpha phase and is ready for download. The demo software is fully functional albeit with export functionality disabled. 250 ...

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last post on January 18, 2010 - by tncomp

New Talent Resource

Hi fellow talents. Do you ever feel that your portfolio is not the most important thing? Well, here is your chance to be graded by industry professionals based purely on your artistic ...

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last post on December 16, 2009 - by ModusIngenium